Court document has revealed that American singer R.Kelly is engaged to his long-time girlfriend and the alleged victim, Joycelyn Savage.
In a letter written to the judge ahead of R. Kelly’s sentencing, obtained by AllHipHop, Joycelyn Savage identifies herself as Robert Kelly’s fiancée. In her plea for leniency, Joycelyn insists she has wrongly been portrayed as a victim by the government and that R. Kelly is the best thing that’s ever happened to her.
Joycelyn wrote: “My relationship with Robert is amazing. He’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me. We have a very special connection and are deeply in love. I still support Robert to this day because I love him and will always be here to support him”.
According to her, “Robert [R.Kelly] is not the monster that the government has described him to be. The Robert I know is very sweet, gentle, and kind. At the end of the day, he has always made sure that I’m taken care of and any other women he was with as well”.
Joycelyn’s family spoke out on June 29, the day the R.Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison, but didn’t mention that she is engaged to the singer.
According to some reports, the prosecutor in R. Kelly’s case, attorney Gerald A. Griggs, released a statement saying, “Joycelyn Savage’s parents are delighted with the verdict handed down by Judge Donnelly. They hope it will continue to send a strong message that sexual predators will be punished. It is their continued hope to reunite and reconnect with their daughter. They hope Joycelyn will now return home. They are pleased that the Court has heard the voices of the survivors”.
Meanwhile, R. Kelly was recently removed from suicide watch following a clinical assessment, according to a letter filed by prosecutors in federal court.
The R&B artist was placed on suicide watch after he was sentenced last week to 30 years in prison on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, according to court documents.
However, Kelly, in a counter-reaction, sued the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, its warden, and unnamed employees, along with the United States itself, for placing him under suicide watch supervision.
Kelly alleged that he was “placed on suicide watch as a form of punishment even though he was not suicidal”.
Meanwhile, Attorneys for the prison said Kelly’s claims should be dismissed because he “fails to show a substantial likelihood of success for relief,” court documents revealed.
The prison planned to keep Kelly under suicide watch because he matched the criteria to be put under supervision, according to the court documents. The government argued that Kelly was asking the courts to micromanage custodial decisions that are left up to the discretion of expert prison managers.
Kelly’s legal action became unresolved since he was removed from suicide watch confinement, prosecutors said in the letter. The letter also noted that Kelly will soon be transferred out of MDC to stand trial in the Northern District of Illinois.
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